Growth and Earnings Potential Number One Reason for
Job Changes

January 11, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The latest
Spherion Workplace Snapshot survey found the biggest portion
of workers who made a voluntary job change in 2006 did so for
better growth and earnings potential.

According to a Spherion press release, 21% of
workers surveyed made a voluntary job change in 2006 –
fewer than the 37% who said in December 2005 they planned
to do so. The number one reason for changing jobs, cited
by 30% of those who did, was growth and earnings
potential.

Other reasons given by respondents for making a job
change, according to the release, included:

Time & Flexibility – 23%,

Financial Compensation – 22%,

Culture & Work Environment – 22%,

Benefits – 12%,

Supervisor Relationship – 10%,

Training & Development – 9%, and

Management Climate – 9%.

However, Spherion found the top reason for making a
job change in 2006 varied according to worker age. Growth
and earnings potential was the top reason given by the
majority of workers aged 18 to 29 (35%) and workers aged
50 to 64 (39%). Time and flexibility was the top reason
those age 65 and older changed jobs (37%) and tied with
financial compensation as the top reason for a change
among respondents age 40 to 49 (23%).

For workers aged 25 to 29 and 30 to 39, growth and
earnings potential and culture and work environment tied
as the top reason for their voluntary job change last
year, cited by 36% and 27% of respondents in those age
groups, respectively.

In addition, the survey found younger workers and
low-income workers were most likely to have voluntarily
changed jobs last year. Approximately 36% of workers aged
18 to 29 voluntarily changed jobs in 2006, as did 40% of
workers earning less than $15,000.

A US sample of 1,996 employed adults, age 18 and
older, was interviewed in a poll conducted December 6-8,
2006 by Harris Interactive on behalf of Spherion.